On 15/12/11 08:24, David Evensky wrote: > > I've been trying see if I can use a vmlinux kernel binary image with kvm tool. > If use a bzImage as > > lkvm run -k .../bzImage --console serial -d /dev/null > > which runs until it expectedly dies since I didn't give it an initramfs or > disk. > However, when I try: > > lkvm run -k .../bzImage --console serial -d /dev/null > > I get the following printed and then nothing: > > # kvm run -k .../vmlinux -m 448 -c 4 --name guest-12289 > Warning: .../vmlinux is not a bzImage. Trying to load it as a flat binary... > > > Is this supposed to work?
Hi David, Currently there are loaders for bzImages and flat binaries only. Since your vmlinux is not detected as a bzImage (it's a plain ELF), kvmtool will assume it's a flat binary (which it isn't) & try that. Boom! An ELF loader would be cool though. (Maybe if I find time...) Cheers, Matt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
